Soccer referee programs

The game of youth soccer is growing, but the pool of referees is shrinking. Today more than ever, soccer club leaders need to proactively recruit new referees, support on-going education and provide opportunities to develop the next generation of officials. FLSRC has established a process to ensure that every person who wishes to become a referee is afforded the opportunity to become registered and certified as a soccer referee with the United States Soccer Federation USSF.

Here is a link to helpful tips and advice for you as a new referee. They have been gathered from experienced referees — who all started their careers as referees just like you and learned many of these lessons the "hard way. Soccer Federation Referee Program. To this end, information and resources developed by U. Soccer are readily available online so that officials, instructors, assignors and assessors can be trained more consistently and efficiently nationwide.

In addition to supporting development within the State Referee Associations, U. Soccer also focuses on identifying officials with the potential to succeed at the professional and international levels. To further these efforts, U. These efforts also directly support the selection and training of National Officials. These officials then receive training from U. Its mission is to provide world class match officials for all professional soccer in North America.

Soccer and MLS govern and fund the organization, with ongoing collaborative support from the Canadian Soccer Association and other professional leagues. Posted: June 6, Posted April 28, SafeSport Update Annual Training Required SafeSport training for adult referees does not run concurrently with your referee license - it expires one year from the date you most recently completed SafeSport training.

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Standards of Dress and Appearance.